by Bill Scott | Sep 7, 2017
As it turns out, there was only one thing wrong with Sam Dekker’s garbage disposal and it had to do with operator error. Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers was summoned to help Dekker with the problem. Rodgers first checked out a YouTube tutorial, then...
by Bill Scott | Jan 19, 2017
Another lackluster performance by the Milwaukee Bucks led to their third straight defeat, falling 111-92 to the Houston Rockets. Giannis Antetokounmpo had 32 points, 11 rebounds and six assists but the rest of the team lacked the fire that it takes to go on the road...
by Bill Scott | Aug 7, 2015
The 2K Classic announced that the Wisconsin Badger men’s basketball team will face Georgetown in a semifinal game of the tournament’s Championship Rounds, Nov. 20 and 22, at Madison Square Garden in New York. With Duke facing VCU in the other semifinal...
by Bill Scott | Apr 10, 2015
Wisconsin Badger junior forward Sam Dekker announced today (Friday) that he will pass up his final season of eligibility at UW and enter the 2015 NBA Draft. “These past three years have been the best, most memorable years of my life,” Dekker said. ...
by Bill Scott | Apr 7, 2015
The most memorable season in Wisconsin basketball history fell one win short. The Badgers led by 9 with just over 13-minutes to play against Duke, but the Blue Devils went on a 10-0 run and closed out a 68-63 victory over the Badgers to win their 5th National...
by Bill Scott | Apr 6, 2015
The Wisconsin Badgers and Duke Blue Devils are both different teams from the two that squared off on Dec. 3 in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge. Both teams have improved considerably since Duke knocked off Wisconsin 80-70 at the Kohl Center. For the Badgers, Sam Dekker was...
by Bill Scott | Apr 5, 2015
After losing in last years NCAA National semifinals, the Wisconsin Badgers we’re looking for two things this year. They wanted to play for and win a National Championship and hoped to have a chance to return the favor to the Wildcats along the way. One of the...
by Bill Scott | Mar 30, 2015
Duke and Michigan State both punched their ticket into the NCAA Final Four semifinals this Saturday after winning their regional title games on Sunday. The Blue Devils knocked off Gonzaga 66-52 to advance to the Final Four for the 16th time and 12th under coach Mike...
by Bill Scott | Mar 27, 2015
It required a second half rally, contributions from a two unexpected bench players, and a career night for a rising star to push the Wisconsin Badgers past North Carolina, 79-72, and into the NCAA Tournament’s Elite 8 for a second consecutive year. Junior Sam...
by Bill Scott | Mar 23, 2015
The top-seeded Wisconsin Badgers are moving on to the NCAA Tournament’s Sweet 16 for the seventh time under Bo Ryan after beating eighth-seeded Oregon 72-65 in a West Region 3rd Round game in Omaha, Neb. Wisconsin’s frontline of Sam Dekker (17), Frank...
by Bill Scott | Mar 21, 2015
The 3rd-ranked Wisconsin Badgers moved into the round of 32 by cruising to a 86-72 win over Coastal Carolina in the second round of the NCAA tournament in Omaha, Nebraska on Friday night. Frank Kaminsky, Sam Dekker and Nigel Hayes combined to scored 38 points on 15 of...
by Bill Scott | Mar 13, 2015
The 6th ranked Wisconsin Badgers are already in the NCAA Tournament, while the Michigan Wolverines only real chance to get in would have likely been to win the Big Ten Tournament title. The start of today’s quarterfinal game looked like that. Michigan played...
by Bill Scott | Mar 10, 2015
Senior Frank Kaminsky was one of four Badgers to earn All-Big Ten honors, while head coach Bo Ryan was recognized by conference coaches as the Coach of the Year. Kaminsky was named 2015 Big Ten Player of the Year by both the media and coaches, including unanimous...
by Bill Scott | Mar 9, 2015
The 6th-ranked Wisconsin Badgers had already wrapped up the Big Ten regular season title and the number-1 seed in the Big Ten tournament. But they still had one game left to play and coach Bo Ryan said the mission was to head back to Madison with a win. Mission...
by Bill Scott | Mar 6, 2015
It was senior day for the Minnesota Gophers and they wanted nothing more than to upset their Big Ten rivals. The 6th-ranked Wisconsin Badgers had other plans, like knocking off rival Minnesota on the Gophers home floor, to win the Big Ten title outright. Frank...
by Bill Scott | Mar 2, 2015
The Wisconsin Badgers wrapped up a share of the Big Ten Conference title on Sunday, knocking off the Michigan State Spartans 68-61 on Senior Day at the Kohl Center. Wisconsin went right at the Spartans on offense, dumping the ball inside to Frank Kaminsky and Nigel...
by Bill Scott | Feb 25, 2015
5th-ranked Wisconsin was trying to gain a share of the Big Ten regular-season basketball title, but a poor first half had the Badgers doing nothing but playing catch-up. Wisconsin scored just 20 points in the first half and a late rally fell short against 14th ranked...
by Bill Scott | Feb 19, 2015
Sam Dekker scored a career high 22 points and Frank Kaminsky added 16 points and nine rebounds to lead the 5th-ranked Wisconsin Badgers to a 55-47 win over Penn State at the Bryce Jordan Center in State College, Pennsylvania on Wednesday night. The Badgers (24-2, 12-1...
by Bill Scott | Feb 18, 2015
Wisconsin senior Frank Kaminsky has been named to the watch list for the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award and junior Sam Dekker was named to the Julius Erving Award watch list, announced by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame this week. The Kareem...
by Bill Scott | Feb 16, 2015
Frank Kaminsky scored 17 of his 23 points in the first half and the 5th-ranked Wisconsin Badgers went on to beat Illinois 68-49 in Big Ten men’s basketball action at the Kohl Center. Kaminsky added 11 rebounds for his Big Ten leading 10th double-double of the...
